Foreign-born personnel provide Defence Forces with added expertise

Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, congratulates five foreign-born Naval Service recruits who passed out from training in 2021. They are Luis Eduardo Espindola Caldas (Brazil), Filip Bezjuk (Croatia), Ansoumane Firkins (Guinea), Raul Muresan (Romania) and Daniels Tuceks (Latvia). There are now 244 foreign-born recruits from 31 countries in the ranks of the army, navy and air corps.

Latest figures show the Defence Forces have foreign-born personnel from 31 different countries, providing the military with the expertise to communicate in several languages across the globe.

Apart from Irish-born personnel, there are now 244 foreign-born in the ranks of the army, navy and air corps.